paul ryan there today. it is probably a couple-point edge for obama, but it could go either way. >> these things are all sort of within the margins of error and what was a tight race has gotten even tighter. mr. hohman, thank you. >>> the most powerful person right now working to fix that looming fiscal cliff is someone you probably have never heard of. cnbc's eamon javers is live in washington, d.c. with more on this. who is the mystery woman, eamon? >> hi, sue. she's katherine wilde, the head of the partnership for new york city. she is not necessarily a household name, but she he hosting some important meetings up in new york city between business leaders and political leaders. because of her convening power she's been able to bring together an astonishing list of folks. look at some of the political figures that she has brought to her table just over the past two years, including treasury secretary tim geithner, house democratic leader nancy pelosi, senator rob portman, eric cantor, erskine bowles, alan